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June 2004



People Censorship: China cordons off Hong Kong to mainland tourists on eve of demonstrations.

Wednesday, 30 June 2004 6:22 P GMT+09
In an effort to limit the spread of news about Hong Kong's forthcoming pro-democracy rally on July 1, China has effectively cordoned off the island to mainland tourists during the period surrounding  the demonstrations, reducing the number of tour g

Nigeria condemns Chinese importer over "contaminated" tea

Tuesday, 29 June 2004 10:04 A GMT+09
In a public safety announcement, the Nigeria Food and Drugs Control Agency has warned that batches of tea imported by a Chinese company have been found to contain high levels of bacteria and other harmful contaminants and should not be consumed. &qu

China: Washington must refrain from interfering in Chinese affairs

Monday, 28 June 2004 6:04 P GMT+09
In a recent statement Beijing has denounced the approval of a measure put to the US Senate by Senator S. Brownback of Kansas, that criticize the government's handling of Hong Kong and the stifling of progress of towards democratic and constitutional

"Liberal" South Korea follows China's lead

Monday, 28 June 2004 12:59 A GMT+09
In a disturbing display of what is possibly to follow in other countries, South Korea has begun following China's trail of blogging and online censorship. Please read this letter and propagate it, it was delivered courtesy of Peaking Duck and I promi

South Korea adopts Chinese style blocking of web logs

Sunday, 27 June 2004 11:06 A GMT+09
In a move echoing China’s censorship of BlogCN and Blogbus for propagating the now notorious letter written Dr. Jiang Yanyong calling for government to rethink its policies on Tiananmen, the "Liberal" government of South Korea has blocked

US Senate Criticizes Beijing over lack of democratic reform in Hong Kong

Saturday, 26 June 2004 3:05 P GMT+09
Moving in support of Hong Kong's pro democracy movement, the US Senate has unanimously approved a motion calling for an increased move towards democracy in the former British colony, and for an end to Beijing's move to stifle democratic reforms in th

Man Versus Nature: Cloud seeding in China

Thursday, 24 June 2004 10:40 A GMT+09
Facing increased shortages of water for drinking and agriculture, China has become one of the foremost proponents of the science of cloud seeding, a technology used to "harvest" clouds for their water content to supplement existing rainfall

Show of Force: China to stage Taiwan invasion exercises.

Wednesday, 23 June 2004 8:04 P GMT+09
In the largest strategic training exercise for over two years China is set to launch a full scale assault on Dongshan Island, close to Fujian province Mainland China. The exercise is expected to include close to 18,000 ground troops in addition to wa

Sino-Taiwan tensions at near record high

Wednesday, 23 June 2004 11:20 A GMT+09
With forthcoming military exercises to simulate a possible Chinese attack against Taiwan planed for later this year, and a recent allocation of $18.2 billion by the government of president Chen Shuibien to purchase US built submarines and high techno

Current US-Sino Policy towards Taiwan is no longer Viable - USC-ESR

Tuesday, 22 June 2004 12:59 A GMT+09
With tensions between Beijing and Taipei rising over the disputed Taiwanese presidential elections, high-technology arms sales, and accusation of potential Chinese aggression from Washington based committees, Taiwanese independence supporters are onc

What China is doing right

Sunday, 20 June 2004 8:40 P GMT+09
While it is true that China is not the model society, that it is cracking down on freedom of speech, has ordered dissidents imprisoned without giving any reason or even telling their children, and that it has systematically ignored international soci

This is now the number 2 China Blog in Blog City, Hurray

Sunday, 20 June 2004 2:34 P GMT+09
After a temporary boost by a couple of very popular articles on censorship and Chinese umbrellas, Angry Chinese Blogger has moved up to the "number 2 position" in the Blog City China Blog rankings, congratulations are also in order for Livi

Why is China the bad guy?

Saturday, 19 June 2004 3:09 P GMT+09
It seems that no matter what China does, it ends up being the bad guy in Washington as seen in a recent Pentagon report that has branded China as  " the number one threat to global security". If it moves economically it is a predator attac

Chinese Economic warfare or US Protectionism

Saturday, 19 June 2004 12:41 P GMT+09
A recent report by the US-China Economic and Security Review has stated that China is currently engaged in an "Economic War" with the US, and is using dirty tactics to further Chinese interests at the expense of US corporations and has heig

Stop the Press, Chinese build giant Phaser to "blow up Taiwan".

Friday, 18 June 2004 10:08 P GMT+09
This is not a Joke, unless it is one being played on a US news company. A US Security commission has recently accused Beijing of building a laser cannon straight out of an episode of Star Trek, and that may already have deployed it in Fujian ready to

Mid month in Blog: June

Friday, 18 June 2004 10:07 P GMT+09
ChinaThe world waits with anticipation as a thousand year old wonder bra is excavated in Inner Mongolia, and China waits in anticipation as America announces what is possibly the least thought out military idea yet to come out of the Bush Administrat

China rebukes US over Nukes, and "Regime Change" in North Korea

Friday, 18 June 2004 9:42 A GMT+09
In a series of reports and press interviews China has systematically rebuked American officials ahead of multi party talks over the future of the the divided Korean region, and has claimed that America is once again using the issue of advanced weapon

The ABC of committing self Genocide: A: Attack China

Thursday, 17 June 2004 12:30 P GMT+09
Step one: Find a nation far larger than yourself and equipped with one of the world’s grandest arsenal of nuclear weapons.  Step two: Commit an act of Genocide against its people.  Step Three: DieYou would have to be insane to take these steps, s

China recruits online informers to attack web freedoms

Thursday, 17 June 2004 9:07 A GMT+09
As part of an initiative to limit public access to information under the guise of protecting public morality which has included the closure of 16,000 Internet Cafes and the closure of censorship of many popular Chinese language portals, Beijing has n

Leading Chinese Dissident Vanishes

Wednesday, 16 June 2004 9:48 A GMT+09
In a development that has been closely watched by many of the growing number of Chinese citizens who openly criticize the Government, 72-year Chinese Doctor Jiang Yanyong, a man widely credited with forcing the Chinese government to announce the true

BlogCN: How a cry for information Freedom was silenced

Tuesday, 15 June 2004 12:59 A GMT+09
Until the 14th of March I’d never heard of BlogCN, and certainly not Isaac Mao, I’d never considered what a Chinese person might want to put in their blog or why the government might want to block them. In fact I’d barely even thought about wha

Internet Crackdown: 16,000 cafes closed by order of the Government

Sunday, 13 June 2004 7:00 P GMT+09
The newest purge of internets Cafes has now claimed 16,000 cafes in cities around the country, rising the total from the 8600 reported during the first few months of the year.  "state media reported that the government had suspended the registr

China: Rising Power or Rising Threat

Sunday, 13 June 2004 10:18 A GMT+09
“Publicly, American officials such as Secretary of State Colin Powell are saying that relations with China are the best they have ever been. Privately, however, policy makers are not shy about admitting that the two countries are engaged in a diplo

Child Protection Initiative Hides Sinister Chinese Internet Crackdown

Saturday, 12 June 2004 5:04 P GMT+09
In a string of moves disguised as child protection initiatives China has once again added to its’ strategic crackdown on internet access and content in a concerted effort to remove political debate and social discussion from the internet.With growi

1000-year-old push up bra discovered in Mongolia

Saturday, 12 June 2004 12:59 A GMT+09
Have you ever wondered what Mongolian women (and possible men) wore under their attire; well archaeologists now have an answer. A 1000-year old female undergarment was recently excavated from a tomb in the Aohan region of Inner Mongolia.Apparently Mo